Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Mumbai Indians
10 May 2026
Tim David was fined 30% of his match fee and handed two demerit points after appearing to raise his middle finger towards the Mumbai Indians dugout as RCB's two-wicket win sealed MI's exit from IPL 2026 — a gesture broadcast cameras caught live and social media amplified within minutes.
Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru
14 April 2026
Tim David fined 25% of match fee for twice refusing to hand the ball to umpires in the same match — a Level 1 Code of Conduct breach.
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians
20 May 2026
Hardik Pandya fined 10% of match fee for knocking bails off in frustration during MI vs KKR — a Level 1 equipment abuse offence in IPL 2026.
Mumbai Indians vs Punjab Kings
15 May 2026
Mumbai Indians batting coach Kieron Pollard was fined 15 per cent of his applicable match fee and given one demerit point after directing audible abusive language at the fourth umpire during MI's tense last-ball IPL 2026 victory over Punjab Kings at the Wankhede Stadium on 15 May 2026. The offence — a Level 1 breach of Article 2.3 of the IPL Code of Conduct — occurred during the 19th over of the second innings. Pollard admitted the offence and accepted the sanction imposed by match referee Pankaj Dharmani.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
2 April 2026
Sunrisers Hyderabad opener Abhishek Sharma was fined and given one demerit point for a Code of Conduct breach in an early IPL 2026 match — one of the season's first formal disciplinary actions, and a marker for what would become a busier-than-usual sanction season for the IPL match referee.
Punjab Kings
April 2026
PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer was fined twice for slow over-rate offences in IPL 2026 — a 12-lakh fine after the GT match and a 24-lakh fine after the CSK match, totalling 36 lakh in personal fines. With the IPL's previous one-match suspension rule scrapped pre-season, neither fine carried a ban; PBKS's other players were each fined 6 lakh or 25 per cent of match fee per offence.
Kolkata Knight Riders
April 2026
KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane was fined 12 lakh for a slow over-rate offence after KKR failed to complete their quota of 20 overs within the stipulated time in an IPL 2026 fixture. The rest of the KKR XI was fined 25 per cent of match fee per player. The fine joins the IPL 2026 cumulative captaincy over-rate fine total that has produced the season's highest such figure in tournament history.
Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals
11 April 2026
Delhi Capitals batter Nitish Rana was fined 25 per cent of his match fee and given one demerit point for an audible obscenity directed at fourth umpire Anish Sahasrabudhe during Delhi's defeat to Chennai Super Kings on 11 April 2026. The flashpoint came when Tristan Stubbs's request for a glove change — driven by Chennai's heavy humidity — was denied at the boundary rope. Rana, batting at the other end and watching the exchange, walked over to argue and crossed into Code of Conduct territory. The match referee judged the breach a Level 1 offence and Rana accepted the sanction.
Pakistan vs Sri Lanka
15 June 2000
Waqar Younis was found guilty of ball tampering during an ODI against Sri Lanka after he was caught scratching the ball to generate reverse swing.